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Prompting in the Wild: An Empirical Study of Prompt Evolution in Software Repositories

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Main Authors:	Tafreshipour, Mahan, Imani, Aaron, Huang, Eric, Almeida, Eduardo, Zimmermann, Thomas, Ahmed, Iftekhar
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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